Audio playout report for ride-sharing session

Abstract

In one aspect, an example method to be performed by a computing device includes (a) determining that a ride-sharing session is active; (b) in response to determining the ride-sharing session is active, using a microphone of the computing device to capture audio content; (c) identifying reference audio content that has at least a threshold extent of similarity with the captured audio content; (d) determining that the ride-sharing session is inactive; and (e) outputting an indication of the identified reference audio content.

I claim: 
     
       1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a set of operations comprising:
 determining that a ride-sharing session is active; 
 while the ride-sharing session is active, capturing audio content; 
 identifying reference audio content that matches the captured audio content; and 
 outputting an indication of the identified reference audio content. 
 
     
     
       2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein determining that the ride-sharing session is active comprises receiving, via a ride-sharing application on the computing device, a ride-sharing request. 
     
     
       3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein determining that the ride-sharing session is active comprises receiving, via a ride-sharing application, an indication that a driver has accepted a ride-sharing request. 
     
     
       4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein determining that the ride-sharing session is active comprises determining that a ride-sharing application is navigating a driver to a predetermined location. 
     
     
       5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the audio content comprises music content. 
     
     
       6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the audio content comprises audio content other than music. 
     
     
       7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the computing device is a first computing device further comprising a communication interface for communicating with a second computing device, wherein the second computing device comprises data storage having stored thereon a plurality of reference audio content items, and wherein identifying the reference audio content that matches the captured audio content comprises:
 sending, to the second computing device, (i) at least a portion of the captured audio content and (ii) an instruction that causes the second computing device to compare at least the portion of the captured audio content to the plurality of reference audio content items; and 
 receiving, from the second computing device, an indication of a particular reference audio content item of the plurality of reference audio content items that matches the captured audio content. 
 
     
     
       8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein identifying the reference audio content that matches the captured audio content comprises:
 generating audio fingerprint data of the captured audio content; 
 comparing the generated audio fingerprint data to a plurality of reference audio fingerprint items, wherein each respective audio fingerprint item is associated with respective reference audio content; 
 determining that a particular reference audio fingerprint item of the plurality of reference audio fingerprint items that has at least a threshold extent of similarity with the generated audio fingerprint data; and 
 identifying the reference audio content that has at least the threshold extent of similarity with the captured audio content as the respective reference audio content associated with the particular reference audio fingerprint item. 
 
     
     
       9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein capturing audio content comprises, while the ride-sharing session is active, capturing audio content via a microphone of the computing device. 
     
     
       10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the set of operations further comprises identifying metadata associated with the identified reference audio content. 
     
     
       11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 10 , wherein the metadata comprises one or more of (i) a song title, (ii) an artist, (iii) a genre, (iv) an album title, or (v) a release year. 
     
     
       12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 10 , wherein outputting the indication of the identified reference audio content comprises displaying an indication of the metadata associated with the identified reference audio content. 
     
     
       13. A method to be performed by a computing device, the method comprising:
 determining that a ride-sharing session is active; 
 while the ride-sharing session is active, capturing audio content; 
 identifying reference audio content that matches the captured audio content; and 
 outputting an indication of the identified reference audio content. 
 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 13 , wherein determining that the ride-sharing session is active comprises receiving, via a ride-sharing application on the computing device, a ride-sharing request. 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 13 , wherein determining that the ride-sharing session is active comprises receiving, via a ride-sharing application, an indication that a driver has accepted a ride-sharing request. 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 13 , wherein determining that the ride-sharing session is active comprises determining that a ride-sharing application is navigating a driver to a predetermined location. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 13 , wherein the audio content comprises music content. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 13 , wherein the audio content comprises audio content other than music. 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 13 , wherein capturing audio content comprises, while the ride-sharing session is active, capturing audio content via a microphone of the computing device. 
     
     
       20. A computing device comprising:
 one or more processors; and 
 a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a computing device, cause the one or more processors to perform a set of operations comprising:
 determining that a ride-sharing session is active; 
 while the ride-sharing session is active, capturing audio content; 
 identifying reference audio content that matches the captured audio content; and 
 outputting an indication of the identified reference audio content.